Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
Oh end of year, oh Christmas day With all the things I want to say I spent a year of cooking madly Some came out great, some came out badly The seasons come the seasons go Crisp fall, hot summer, and so much snow Last winter seemed to never end It finally did in Spring […]
The top of my Settlement Cookbook is imprinted with the phrase “The way to a man’s heart…” The full quote is ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ and is an old English proverb. I’m not sure how it happened, but all evidence to the contrary I stubbornly cling to this notion. […]
When we’re kids we eat the food our family eats. All families have particular eating styles, and foods they’re accustomed to. It’s the sort of thing we’re unaware of until we start to venture out, and notice things like Patty’s mom cuts the crusts off her sandwiches, or Beth’s mom gives us French fries with […]
It’s November, and once again I’m participating in another Yeah Write writing challenge. If you’ve been a long-time reader (at least a year) you know that last November I participated in a writing challenge that involved writing a post every single day during the month of November (yes, all the days, even Thanksgiving). There were […]
Pan roasted; just saying it makes me want whatever is going into that pan. Pan roasting evokes warmth, and comfort, texture and depth. I am a huge fan of pan roasting, and the cold weather, and the seasonal produce are a perfect match for this easy and aromatic technique. Lately I have made […]